Improvement in whiffletree-hooks



L H JUNESL Whiffletree-Hooks.

N0.l50,3-26. Patented April 28,1874,

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoEo J. HERVA JONES, OF ROOKFORD, ILLINOIS,ASSIGNOR TO RALPH EMERSON AND WILLIAM A. '.IALOOTT, OF SAME PLAGE.

lii'lPl'lOVElWENT IN WHlFFLETREE-HOOKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 150,326, dated April23, 1874; application tiled April 6, 1374.'

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. HERvA JoNEs, of Rockford, in the county ofWinnebago, in the State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulImprovement inWhifiietree-Hooks, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which make part of this speciiication, and in which- Figure lshows aside elevation of one end of whiftletree with my improved hookapplied thereto; Fig. 2, an end view of the same; and Fig. 3, a similarview, showing the hook as it appears before being clamped upon thewhiffle- The object of my invention is to produce a whiflietree-hool; ata small cost which can be securely fastened in place without externalfastenin gs, and yet which cannot fall oft' when the whiiiietreeshrinks; which object I attain by Constructing the hook with a centralweb, to be inserted in a slot in the end of the whifletree, and withtransverse iianges or lips projecting laterally from the web, which lipsare bent down to clamp the'periphery of the whiftletree.

My hooks are, by preference, formed of malleable metal, with a hook, A,and a central web, B. The lips O D project from this web, their distanceapart being equal to the dialneter-of the end of the whiftletree E. Aslot is cut in the end of the whit'lietree, into which slot the web isinserted endwise. The lips C D are then bent down, by hammering or bypressure, until they closely hug and securely hold the whittletree.Their ends are bent down and driven into the wood, so as to preventtheir slipping endwise.

My improved hook, obviously, may be used for many purposes, such, forinstance, as neckyokes, holdbacks for carriages, &c.

I claim- A whiftletree-hook constructed with a central web adapted to beinserted in a slot in the whiftletree, and with flanges adapted to claspthe whietree, as set forth.

In testimony whereofl I have hereunto subscribed my name. Y

J. HERVA JONES. Witnesses:

GEORGE H. STANLEY, J. W. InviNE.

